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Games on Linux are great now this is why I fully moved to Linux. Is the the work place Pc's market improving.

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[–] Flimbo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Personally for me its compatibility and support. Too many of programs and hardware I use daily aren't compatible or even have a Linux version or have little to no support officially or not.

[–] Flimbo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For an example I tried to use Mint on my main rig but i was having trouble with my two monitor. I wanted my right monitor to be the main display but i kept wanting to use the left one, issue with how i wanted them to be arranged virtually and a ghost third monitor showing up and it all reverting settings or just breaking when a program open in full screen

[–] Flimbo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

OR when i messed with how drop down menus in settings and though steam was busted or something cuz i couldn't right click on my games in my library